From San Francisco’s Joe Montana in Super Bowl XXIV at the very top of the list all the way down to New England’s Tony Eason in Super Bowl XX. The Bears got after him in such a way he was gone during the second quarter after completing none of his six passes and losing a fumble.

PHOENIX—It was a year ago tomorrow that the Bears landed in Miami for Super Bowl XLI.

My how things change in the course of a year,

The Bears stumbled to a 7-9 finish, made more palatable by meaningless season-ending victories over Green Bay and New Orleans. The club is in the process of preparing for the draft and free agency, and organizational meetings that will shape the 2008 season will begin shortly after the Super Bowl. The month off from the end of the season ought to take some of the emotion out of the critical decisions that need to be made.